Career and Faith Study Guide

what each of the four words that start with "p" are referring to (from the deep hope)

* happiness is the outcome/mindset
* passion
* do something that you enjoy and really love
* paycheck
* doing it for the money
* prestige
* doing it for fame?? recognition
* purpose
* doing it because you feel its your calling
* (spoiler this is BS but it sounds right so)

What is the official name of the original, more-popular personality test you took a scaled-down version of on the 16 Personalities website?

Myers Briggs test

why thinking about career in broader, task-based ways is wiser at your age than getting focused on specific careers

it gives us more flexibility

How many hours of work will the average person do over a lifetime? 

80,000 hours

what did Benjamin Todd think was a better motivation for a career rather than passion

he thought just because youre passionate in something doesn’t mean it’ll make a successful or impactful career. his motive was to do “what’s valuable” 😃

list __and__ explain the nine pieces/elements a person could look at when making a tough decision. how does this relate to careers

1. passion


1. what does your heart say
2. circumstances


1. does it seem possible
3. valued opinion


1. what do your wiser mentors think
4. reason


1. what is logical
5. personality


1. what am I suited for
6. conscience


1. what is the right thing to do
7. skills


1. what am I equipped to do
8. bible


1. what does god say about this
9. prayer


1. have a doubt? pray about it and ask

What are the three key shifts a person needs to make to have a more biblical view of work?

1. viewing work as vocation not just a job or occupation
2. working for the common good not just personal gain
3. expanding to a broader holistic view of gods goal in this world, not just getting us to heaven

What is the difference between a "job" and a "vocation"?

* job
* only your choice
* you listen to yourself
* vocation
* the thing god wants you to do in this world

Where does the English word "vocation" come from and what does that imply?

* latin, vocare, meaning calling
* implies that there’s a caller out there and traditionally its god

How is a job approached differently when it is seen as a vocation/calling?

you stop and ask yourself what does god want you to do in this world

Buechner argued that we will find our calling at the intersection of what two forces?

“your deep gladness and the world’s deep hunger meet”

or “I was made for this” meets “the world needs this”

What is the "creation mandate" in Genesis 1-2 that __Treat__ talked so much about? how does this relate to the movement from a challenging garden to a glorious city?

* its our most basic calling
* to be fruitful, increase in number, fill the earth and subdue it, and rule over everything
* it charges us to take care of what we’ve been given and help it thrive/flourish/turn it into something better
* it relates because we go from the post garden of eden (shit gets hard and its a struggle to even live) to the new Jerusalem (a city where we made things a lot easier on us and eventually god will come back to us and join us)

What most characterizes work done for personal gain?

* self-serving
* others exploiting
* resource taking
* becoming the opposite of the creation mandate

According to Matthew 6:33, we find what we need financially and materially when we do what? How is this very different from how people often go about it?

* seeking god and his righteousness


* most people tend to do it there own way first then when all else fails they’ll turn to god
* (bs this wasnt in my notes so I made sum up)

What does the term "eschatology" mean?

greek, eschaton

means “the end”

What are the two eschatological views we looked at in class?

* escapist eschatology
* “saving souls”
* the most important thing is escaping
* spiritual >>> physical
* the material stuff will burn away
* fire only destroys
* holistic eschatology
* “renewing everything”
* the whole thing matters to god
* spiritual = physical
* gods spiritual kingdom will come down to earth
* its not a destructive fire, but a purifying fire

How does each describe what will happen at the end of time?

* escapist
* the earth will burn and only our souls will go to the kingdom of god
* holistic
* the earth will be made pure and god and his kingdom will join us on earth

How does each influence how we think of work and the kind of jobs that matter most?

* escapist
* we’d focus more on saving as many souls as we can
* therefore we’d think higher of church centered jobs rather than the jobs that help the physical earth
* holistic
* we’ll focus on filling every area of life

How did Jesus describe what would happen at the end of life as we know it?

* we will sit on the throne with him
* when he talks about the end of times he never talks about destruction

What will the meek inherit according to Jesus in the Beatitudes?

the *earth*

In regards to God's kingdom, what does Jesus encourage his followers to pray for?

* thy kingdom come (…) on earth as it is in heaven

What is the name given in Revelation 21 for what the dwelling of God, that we normally call Heaven?

the holy city, the new jerusalem

What do these passages say about the "coming" and "going" of what we typically call Heaven?

they’re all essentially saying that we aren’t going to heaven. god’s going to bring heaven, or his dwelling place, to us here on earth

In the end in what we normally call Heaven, who will live together? That means Heaven will be a lot like what earlier place/kind of existence?

* we and god will live together
* it will be a lot like what the garden of eden originally was

Be able to give examples that sin is that big and holistic, why’s that a problem

* it affected everything
* it turned the world into things that can be exploited and used
* turned people into objects
* it turned god into a pawn(?) that use use like Santa clause

how does the world need to be fixed in big, holistic ways? Be able to give examples that salvation/redemption is that big and holistic a solution

* we need a pervasive holistic solution
* more than just our should need fixing
* spiritual problems
* doubting god or even just our relationship with him
* physical problems
* war
* abuse
* social problems
* celebrity idolization
* classes
* psycho emotional problems
* insecurites
* addictions

How can those jobs holistically help fix the brokenness of the world/reverse the curse in this world/renew creation in all four areas of life (spiritual, physical, social, and psycho-emotional)?

* spiritual jobs
* archaeologists
* can find proof of god/Jesus’ existence
* physical
* first responders
* put out destructive fires(??)
* social
* social workers
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describe what each of the through lines are trying to do in the world and give specific careers for each

(idek what the through lines are so again ill come back in the morn)